BOXER BARBIE

For International Women’s Day, Mattel unveiled a Barbie doll in the likeness to British double Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams as part of its range of inspiring dolls.

The range of dolls are sold with educational information about the contributions each woman made to society. Other dolls will be based on women such as US snowboarder Chloe Kim, Australian conservationist Bindi Irwin, the French chef Helene Darroze and the Chinese actress and philanthropist Guan Xiaotong.